The Argentine team profile at a glance

Only three days left for the FIFA World Cup 2015. Participating teams have already started to move to Russia with the final squad. Among them are twice world champions Argentina. Let's take a look at the Argentina team profile

Argentina (Group-D)

FIFA Banking: 5 (As per the list published on June 7, 2011)
Playing the World Cup: 17 times
First World Cup: 1930 (Runners)
Final World Cup: 2014 (Runners)
Semi-finals: 5 times
Finals: 5 times
The champion has been: 2 times
Best Factor: Champion (1978 and 1986)
Statistics: Match-77, Joy-42, Draw-14, Rate-21, Goals -131, Gol Digit-84

Coach: George Sampauli

Star footballer: Lionel Messi

Argentina squad:

Goalkeeper: Nahual Guzman, Wilfredo Caballero, Franco Armani.

Defender: Gabriel Marcado, Christian Anseldi, Nicolas Otamendi, Federico Fazio, Marcos Roso, Nicolas Tigliafico, Marcos Acuna, Javier Mascherano, Eduardo Savio.

Midfielder: Lucas Beaglia, Ever Banegya, Giovanni Low Salso, Enzo Perez, Angel de Maria, Maximinano Meza, Christian Pavan.

Forward: Lionel Messi, Paulo Dibala, Sergio Aguero, Gonzalo Higuain

Opponent in Group: Iceland, Croatia, Nigeria

Schedule:

16 June: Iceland (Moscow, 7pm)
June 21: Croatia (Nizhny Novgorod, 12 o'clock)
June 26: Nigeria (St. Petersburg, 12 noon)